Friday, November 18, 2011

I have known the lovely Jenn Campusfor quite a while now and have been visiting "The Leftover Queen" since its launching in 2007. During all those years I have followed her adventures striving towards the goals of sustainability, preparing traditional foods and seasonal feasting, and have admired her courage when she moved to Northern Vermont in order to live out her dream and become self-sufficient (growing her own vegetables as well as raising her own animals).

This home-spun culinarian has learned to cook from her maternal Calabrese Grandma, maternal Sicilian Grandfather, food adventurous mom and Scottish/German dad (who was famous for his “Leftover Soup”). It is then understandable why she is so passionate about using leftovers, being frugal and does a great job of whipping up healthy and economic meals from scrap.

Besides having a respectable and inspiring philosophy of life, being a real leftover queen and having an exciting genetic background (her DNA shows evidence of Scottish, English, German, Danish, Dutch, Mohawk and possibly Irish ancestry), Jenn is also the creator of the "Foodie Blogroll", an ever-growing social network and community of thousands of food bloggers (as a matter of fact it is the biggest on the web) that offers weekly giveaways, many contests and a Publisher Program enabling you to earn revenue through advertising...

As she advocates healthy eating and enjoys creating gastronomic delights based on simplicity as well as everyday foods that can be traced locally and respect the earth’s cycles, I thought that it would be a brilliant idea to invent a potato salad which could be adapted according to what’s on the stalls of your regional farmers markets and savored as a fulfilling main course that can stand alone: a refined, quirky and scrumptious "Tahini, Pomegranate And Coriander Potato Salad" which provides cheap nourishment, incredible pleasure and is well-balanced, especially if paired with proteins such as fish, meat or eggs...

So, if that short introduction made your mouth water and your tastebuds tingle, tickled your curiosity, captivated your attention and gave you the urge to read my article, then please hop on over to "The Leftover Queen" in order to get a glimpse of my pictures, discover my recipe and have a look at Jenn's great site. Hopefully you'll enjoy my post...

Such a fabulous photo. You should really try and shoot something professional ( I am assuming that you don't right now). Your photos are always so balanced in colors, in the style and the angles. Lovely. The salad sounds delicious.

I've been craving potato salad. This is so colorful and vibrant looking! Sounds delicious. Although I admit I've had poor luck with pomegranates. I feel like I have to wrestle them and beg them to submit.

That sauce sounds absolutely fabulous! Better than your average potato salad, but that is what I expect from you. Beautiful. Also love the pomegranate to give the salad a sweet touch. Love Jenn's blog and am fascinated by the life she and her husband have created - one my husband yearn for and talk about alot. She inspires!

Tahini and pomegranate! What a beautiful combo. Love Jenn's space and the passion in her work. Really wonderful photographs Rosa.. your photographs of the nature are so peaceful. headed to Jenn's blog now.